{"id":"F2005B00710","name":"Licence Area Plan – Roxby Downs Community Radio","slug":"licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":32180,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2005B00710-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-01","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Endnotes","sectionType":"section","heading":"Endnotes","content":"#### Endnotes\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nThe endnotes provide information about this compilation and the compiled law.\n\nThe following endnotes are included in every compilation:\n\nEndnote 1—About the endnotes\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\nEndnote 4—Amendment history\n\nAbbreviation key—Endnote 2\n\nThe abbreviation key sets out abbreviations that may be used in the endnotes.\n\nLegislation history and amendment history—Endnotes 3 and 4\n\nAmending laws are annotated in the legislation history and amendment history.\n\nThe legislation history in endnote 3 provides information about each law that has amended (or will amend) the compiled law. The information includes commencement details for amending laws and details of any application, saving or transitional provisions that are not included in this compilation.\n\nThe amendment history in endnote 4 provides information about amendments at the provision (generally section or equivalent) level. It also includes information about any provision of the compiled law that has been repealed in accordance with a provision of the law.\n\nMisdescribed amendments\n\nA misdescribed amendment is an amendment that does not accurately describe how an amendment is to be made. If, despite the misdescription, the amendment can be given effect as intended, then the misdescribed amendment can be incorporated through an editorial change made under section 15V of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\nIf a misdescribed amendment cannot be given effect as intended, the amendment is not incorporated and “(md not incorp)” is added to the amendment history.\n\nEndnote 2—Abbreviation key\n\n| ad = added or inserted | orig = original |\n| ---------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------- |\n| am = amended | par = paragraph(s)/subparagraph(s) |\n| amdt = amendment | /sub‑subparagraph(s) |\n| c = clause(s) | pres = present |\n| C[x] = Compilation No. x | prev = previous |\n| Ch = Chapter(s) | (prev…) = previously |\n| def = definition(s) | Pt = Part(s) |\n| Dict = Dictionary | r = regulation(s)/rule(s) |\n| disallowed = disallowed by Parliament | reloc = relocated |\n| Div = Division(s) | renum = renumbered |\n| exp = expires/expired or ceases/ceased to have | rep = repealed |\n| effect | rs = repealed and substituted |\n| F = Federal Register of Legislation | s = section(s)/subsection(s) |\n| gaz = gazette | Sch = Schedule(s) |\n| LA = Legislation Act 2003 | Sdiv = Subdivision(s) |\n| LIA = Legislative Instruments Act 2003 | SLI = Select Legislative Instrument |\n| (md not incorp) = misdescribed amendment | SR = Statutory Rules |\n| cannot be given effect | Sub‑Ch = Sub‑Chapter(s) |\n| mod = modified/modification | SubPt = Subpart(s) |\n| No. = Number(s) | underlining = whole or part not |\n| o = order(s) | commenced or to be commenced |\n| Ord = Ordinance | |\n\nEndnote 3—Legislation history\n\n| Name | Registration | Commencement | Application, saving and transitional provisions |\n| -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | ---------------- | ----------------------------------------------- |\n| Licence Area Plan – Roxby Downs Community Radio – February 2004 | 13 April 2005 (see F2005B00710) | 5 February 2004 | |\n| Variation to Licence Area Plan – Roxby Downs Community Radio – 2023 (No.1) | 13 November 2023 (see F2023L01488) | 14 November 2023 | |\n| | | | |\n\n> Note: Endnote 4—Amendment history\n\n```html\n

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The underlying instrument appears to have been substantively amended in 2023 (restructuring clauses and replacing schedules), but this represents modernisation of the same regulatory instrument rather than scope creep beyond the original purpose of defining broadcast areas and frequencies for this specific community radio station."},"complexity_factors":["This is only the endnotes/compilation metadata, not the substantive legislative instrument","Contains standardised abbreviation tables and amendment tracking tables used across all Commonwealth compilations","No defined terms, conditional logic, or substantive provisions in this excerpt","Simple tabular format showing version history with only 2 amending instruments since 2004","The underlying Licence Area Plan itself would typically be technical but narrow in scope"],"plain_english_summary":"This document is the **endnotes section** of a Licence Area Plan for Roxby Downs Community Radio — a technical planning instrument that determines where a community radio station can broadcast and what frequencies it can use.\n\n**What this actually does:**\nThe full Licence Area Plan (not shown in this excerpt) would define:\n- The **geographic area** where the Roxby Downs community radio station is licensed to operate\n- The **frequencies** allocated to the station\n- Technical parameters like power limits and coverage boundaries\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- The community radio licensee operating in Roxby Downs (a mining town in South Australia)\n- Listeners in the broadcast area\n- Other broadcasters who must avoid interference with this station\n- The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which enforces these plans\n\n**Why it matters:**\nLicence Area Plans prevent radio stations from interfering with each other. They ensure community broadcasters — which are non-profit, local stations — get protected spectrum space without being drowned out by commercial or national broadcasters.\n\n**What this specific document shows:**\nThis is just the **compilation metadata** — the \"version history\" showing the document was originally made in February 2004 and significantly updated in November 2023. The 2023 changes appear to have restructured the instrument (replacing clauses 1–2, adding new clauses 3–7, and removing old schedules)."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the endnotes, the 2023 instrument is a variation updating and replacing particular clauses, the Determination heading, Schedules and Attachments. Those are technical and administrative amendments to the licence area plan rather than an expansion of the instrument's underlying purpose (which is to define the licence area and related technical parameters for Roxby Downs Community Radio). In short, the scope remains the same—the instrument still governs the same licence subject—while the technical and geographic particulars have been updated."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument has multiple parts: at least 7 named clauses plus Schedules and Attachments","2023 variation both replaces and adds content (clauses rs./ad./rep. in amendment history), creating mixed legacy text","Schedules text is replaced (broad structural change to operative content)","Attachments 1.1 and 1.2 amended (likely contain maps/coordinates — technical detail increases interpretive complexity)","Two discrete versions (2004 original and 2023 variation) requiring readers to reconcile historical and current text","Cross-references to editorial powers under Legislation Act (e.g. handling misdescribed amendments) appear in endnotes","Amendment history table format and shorthand (rs., ad., am.) requires care to translate into operative effect"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This is the licence area plan for Roxby Downs Community Radio. A licence area plan is a legal instrument that defines, for a particular community radio licence, the geographic area and the technical/operational parameters that determine where and how the station is authorised to serve (for example: maps, coordinates, transmitter parameters and any special conditions). \n- The compilation shows the original instrument from February 2004 and a Variation published in November 2023. The 2023 variation amends and replaces multiple parts of the original instrument: the title page and headings, the Determination heading, Clauses 1–7 (some replaced, some added), the Schedules (Schedules text replaced), Schedule One (amended) and Attachments 1.1 and 1.2 (amended). (See Endnote 3 and the amendment history in Endnote 4.)\n\n**Who is affected**\n\n- The licence holder (Roxby Downs Community Radio) — required to comply with the updated area plan and any new technical or geographic limits. \n- The regulator (the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) or the statutory office which enforces broadcasting licences) — responsible for administering and enforcing the updated plan. \n- Neighbouring broadcasters and potential new entrants — because changes to the licence area or technical parameters can affect interference, coverage and competing use of spectrum. \n- Local listeners and community stakeholders — their access to the station may change if coverage area or transmission parameters are altered.\n\n**How it works in practice**\n\n- The instrument operates by specifying legally enforceable details about the licence area and (usually) associated technical conditions. When clauses, schedules and attachments are amended or replaced, the legally binding map/parameters that define where the radio service may operate are updated. \n- The licence holder must operate within those updated parameters; the regulator will use the plan to assess compliance, handle complaints and coordinate spectrum usage.\n\n**Stated purpose and a quick test against costs and incentives**\n\n- The public record (Endnote 3) shows the Variation to the licence area plan was made in November 2023. The stated purpose for such variations is typically to update geographic boundaries, correct or modernise technical details, or reflect changes in the station’s facilities. That is a claim about intent; the endnotes do not include the new operative text, so the precise technical or geographic changes are not visible here.\n- Costs and incentives: the principal compliance cost falls on the licence holder (updating operational practice, possible retuning or relocation of equipment, administrative costs). There may be indirect costs for neighbouring broadcasters if coverage or interference profiles change, and for listeners if reception improves or deteriorates. Any benefit (larger or clearer coverage, regulatory certainty) accrues mainly to the licence holder and local audience. \n- Trade-offs and risks: technical updates can reduce interference or improve service, but they can also shrink a station’s effective audience or increase engineering costs. Administrative amendments impose low-to-moderate regulatory transaction costs (filing, public notification, engineering work) and create modest implementation risk if mapping/technical descriptions are ambiguous.\n\n**Implementation, discretion and compliance burden**\n\n- Implementation is largely administrative and technical: the regulator updates public registers and the licence holder adjusts operations to match the new plan. \n- There is limited substantive policy discretion in a licence area plan itself—the regulator decides whether to accept or require amendments and enforces compliance. Ambiguities in maps or attachments can create disputes that require technical clarification or enforcement action, which increases administrative burden.\n\n**Who pays, who decides, and what changes behaviour**\n\n- Who pays: primarily the licence holder (technical and administrative costs). The regulator bears the cost of updating records and enforcing compliance from public budgets. \n- Who decides: the variation is made by the statutory authority with responsibility for broadcasting licences (recorded in the instrument’s legislative history). \n- Behavioural change: the licence holder must operate within the new plan; neighbouring operators may alter technical arrangements to avoid interference; listeners’ reception may change depending on the nature of the amendment.\n\n**What is not in the endnotes provided**\n\n- The endnotes record the amendment actions and dates but do not reproduce the amended operative clauses, maps or technical parameters. To know exactly how coverage or technical specifications changed, you must read the text of the Variation (the operative clauses, Schedule One and Attachments 1.1/1.2) as published on the register cited in Endnote 3.\n\n(References: Endnote 3 — Legislation history (original instrument February 2004; Variation November 2023); Endnote 4 — detailed amendment history showing which clauses, schedules and attachments were added, replaced or amended.)"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio","history":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio/history","analysis":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/licence-area-plan-roxby-downs-community-radio/documents"}}